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Aquarius: The Urban Sketching Box and meeting Roman Szmal

Aquarius: The Urban Sketching Box and meeting Roman Szmal

by Mandy | Nov 23, 2022 | Art Supplies, Review, Vlog, Watercolor | 1 comment

Meeting Roman Szmal Last Summer I met Roman Szmal, the man behind the lovely Aquarius watercolor paint. He invited me to meet him at Kunstburg. That’s the Dutch art supply store that sells his paint. And although it’s all the way on the other end of the...

Rembrandt granulating watercolors

by Mandy | Jan 6, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor | 0 comments

Exploring Rembrandt further, this time I’ve painted swatches from their granulating watercolors and compared them to other brands that used the same pigments. I included Daniel Smith, a comparison many people asked for. Below you can find the high-resolution...

Rembrandt vs Van Gogh watercolor comparison

by Mandy | Jan 4, 2021 | Art Supplies, Review, Watercolor | 0 comments

Having both the complete Rembrandt and Van Gogh watercolor collection, I could now do a comparison of sorts of the both. Here’s the video: And here are the three hi-resolution color charts. Remember that digital reproduction inevitably leads to color changes....
Rembrandt Watercolor – the Old and the New collection

Rembrandt Watercolor – the Old and the New collection

by Mandy | Jul 24, 2020 | Art Supplies, Colors, Painting, Review, Video, Vlog, Watercolor | 3 comments

A big surprise It felt like Christmas when a huge box full of watercolor paint tubes unexpectedly arrived at my door… Half an hour later a caterpillar of tubes containing lush watercolor paints lay on the dining table in order – screaming to be swatched...
Sender? The Universe.

Sender? The Universe.

by Mandy | Mar 11, 2020 | Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Process, Studio | 0 comments

If you’ve been following me online, you may remember that sometimes the Universe really does deliver. A few weeks ago, two more wishes were spontaneously fulfilled. Sender? The Universe. This year I quit online teaching in order to focus on my own art and...
End of Year

End of Year

by Mandy | Dec 30, 2019 | Art, Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Illustration, Inspiration, Painting, Process, Video, Vlog, Watercolor, Writing | 3 comments

Everything in life comes in seasons. Everything comes and goes. Literally every single thing. I’ve known this for as long as I can remember. But I only truly began to understand when one day along the shore I found hundreds of dead serpent stars,thousands, even....
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